Comic #3864: cat-justice

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "Why do we need to interpret quantum mechanics? Why can't we just accept the observed phenomena as the queer nature of the universe."
• Character 2: "Because of justice."

Panel 2:

• Character 1: "Suppose you find a Schrödinger's cat box. You open it and find a dead cat."

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "According to the wavefunction collapse interpretation, the cat was alive and dead, so you're only half-guilty of catslaughter."

Panel 4:

• Character 2: "According to the many worlds interpretation, you caused a split in reality. You are 100% guilty of catslaughter while an alternate version of you gets a live cat."

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "According to the hidden variables interpretation, something else happened to kill the cat before you opened the door."

Panel 6:

• Character 1: "I never realized how much of physics could be explained via cat-justice."
• Character 2: "It's the Rosetta Stone for reality."

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